Real NBA analytics — from former ESPN NBA editor Royce Webb and Jeremias Engelmann, creator of ESPN's RPM
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Basketball analyst. Creator of ESPN's Real Plus-Minus. Formerly with the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks
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